haruspicium

Latin

Etymology

haruspex (“diviner of entrails”) +‎ -ium (forming abstract nouns)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ha.rusˈpi.ki.um/, [härʊs̠ˈpɪkiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.rusˈpi.t͡ʃi.um/, [ärusˈpiːt͡ʃium]

Noun

haruspicium n (genitive haruspiciī or haruspicī); second declension

1. haruspicy

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	haruspicium	haruspicia
Genitive	haruspiciī haruspicī1	haruspiciōrum
Dative	haruspiciō	haruspiciīs
Accusative	haruspicium	haruspicia
Ablative	haruspiciō	haruspiciīs
Vocative	haruspicium	haruspicia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Related terms

• haruspex

Descendants

• → English: haruspicy
• → Italian: aruspicio (learned)

References

• “haruspicium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “haruspicium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• haruspicium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.